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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — SpaceX is standing down from the eighth uncrewed test flight of its gargantuan Starship megarocket. The mission was expected to lift off during an hourlong launch window that opened at 5:30 p.m. CT (6:30 p.m. ET) from SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in South Texas. But a couple of issues, including an undisclosed issue with the Super Heavy booster, cropped up during the countdown to the launch. While the booster issue didn’t appear to halt proceedings for long, computers detected more…
CNN — Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Fox News last week to tease a major event: The Justice Department would release long-awaited documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But as reporters waited inside the department and members of public watched for the tranche of documents to be released Thursday, a surprising video emerged online of several right-wing social media personalities streaming out of the White House waving small binders that read, “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.” The intent of the unannounced event was clear – get the message out from favorable figures online to drum up support…
CNN — American consumers and businesses stand to pay a hefty price for the tariffs President Donald Trump enacted on the nation’s top three trading partners. With only a slim exemption for some Canadian energy products, everything the US imports from those three nations is subject to tariffs of at least 20%, in the case of China, and 25% for Mexico and Canada. Americans won’t necessarily feel the effects of tariffs immediately but the import taxes could raise prices of just about everything, especially given that over 40% of the goods America imported last year came from the nations Trump…
CNN — Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton’s publicist, Dean will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy,” Parton wrote in a statement. The family has asked for respect and privacy at this time. No cause of death was announced. Parton met Dean outside the…
Tokyo AP — Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would try to balance official duties and his university studies and research about the dragonfly. Hisahito turned 18 last September, becoming the first male royal family member to reach adulthood in almost four decades in Japan. It marked a significant development for a family that has ruled for more than a millennium but faces the same existential problems as the rest of the nation — a fast-aging, shrinking population. The prince said he would follow the good…
New York CNN — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team is reportedly using artificial intelligence to guide its cost-cutting decisions, a tactic AI experts say could cause security breaches, biased firing choices and cuts of highly qualified, essential government staffers. “It’s just so complicated and difficult to rely on an AI system for something like this, and it runs a massive risk of violating people’s civil rights,” said David Evan Harris, an AI researcher who previously worked on Meta’s Responsible AI team. “I would go so far as to say that with the current AI systems that we have,…
CNN — The last time President Donald Trump climbed the rostrum in the House chamber to deliver an address to Congress, he arrived freshly impeached, a mysterious new virus was beginning to spread and Democrats had just begun the process of nominating his challenger. Five years later, the political landscape has shifted dramatically. Since taking office a second time, Trump has overseen a dramatic reshaping of the federal government, much of it at the hand of his top adviser Elon Musk, and Republicans are in full control of Congress. He has upended the geopolitical order and shaken US alliances as…
CNN — Linda McMahon, a major Republican donor and a former pro-wrestling executive, was confirmed Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s secretary of the Department of Education. Trump has made eliminating the department a top goal of his administration and has said he hopes McMahon will “put herself out of a job” by spearheading the department’s reduction or elimination. The Senate voted 51-45 to confirm her to the role – the president’s 22nd nominee to be confirmed by the chamber since his inauguration. Senate Majority Leader John Thune praised McMahon shortly before the vote, saying, “I look forward to…
CNN — The last time President Donald Trump climbed the rostrum in the House chamber to deliver an address to Congress, he arrived freshly impeached, a mysterious new virus was beginning to spread and Democrats had just begun the process of nominating his challenger. Five years later, the political landscape has shifted dramatically. Since taking office a second time, Trump has overseen a dramatic reshaping of the federal government, much of it at the hand of his top adviser Elon Musk, and Republicans are in full control of Congress. He has upended the geopolitical order and shaken US alliances as…
‘The Bottom Line’ panelists Lee Carter and Liz Peek give their take on President Donald Trump confirming the 25% tariffs. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 25% tariffs on American goods in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs that are going into effect on Canadian imports at midnight on Tuesday. The retaliatory tariffs Canada is imposing on $155 billion of U.S. goods take effect Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.Trump signed an executive order authorizing an additional 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports. Energy imported from Canada, including oil, natural gas and…